FITCHBURG — Fire crews knocked down a blaze in a residential building on Winter Street last week, arriving at the scene to find heavy fire coming from the upper floors of the residence. Last Wednesday, June 11, just after shift change at approximately 8:27 a.m., Group 2 crews were dispatched for the report of a […]
Fitchburg Fire Department
Firefighters rescue 4 by ladder in 3-alarm fire on Mechanic St.
FITCHBURG — Fire personnel battled a 3-alarm fire in a residential building in the downtown area early Monday morning and successfully extinguished the blaze after rescuing both human and animal occupants. According to a press release from the Fitchburg Fire Department, Group 1 Fitchburg fire companies were dispatched for the report of a fire in […]
Fitchburg 3-alarm fire displaces dozens on Sunday
FITCHBURG — Over the weekend, a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building displaced over two dozen people on Day Street in Fitchburg and another fire forced school officials to close Leominster High School on Monday. A three-alarm fire broke out at 35 Day St., a four-story brick apartment building known as Hotel […]
Space heater, smoking materials possible factors in Fitchburg 3-alarm fire
FITCHBURG — Fire officials said that the 3-alarm house fire — which injured three occupants and a firefighter on Sunday — started on an enclosed rear porch where a space heater was in use, according to a release from Fire Chief Dante Suarez and State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine. The Fitchburg Fire Department responded […]
Crews battle 3-alarm fire in Fitchburg
In frigid temperatures at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Fitchburg Fire personnel, with assistance from area fire companies, began battling what turned into a three-alarm fire at a two-story residence at 153 Ashburnham St. in Fitchburg. At roughly 10 a.m., according to dispatch reports, all crews were pulled from the building. No information on the occupants […]
Man trapped under MART bus that smashed into terminal
FITCHBURG — Police are still investigating an incident involving a MART bus that crashed into the downtown bus terminal on Thursday morning, requiring a specialized extraction to free a man trapped underneath the bus. At about 8 a.m. on Nov. 14, police say that the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority bus had crashed into the intermodal […]
